Improved clothes-wringer



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ALLEN MAGOWAN, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 101,7'49, dated Ajirillfl, 1870.

IMPROVBD CLOTHES-WRINGER.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same -To au whom it may concern:

valve; also, iu an improved arrangement ot' the support for the brackets holding the set-screws, by which the wringer is attached to the tub or othersupport.

Figure lis a transverse sectional elevation of nry improved wriuger, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Similar lett-ers of referencelindicate corresponding parts.

A represents a block, placed in the hollow housing B, which supports the journal of the sliding roller C, so .as to bear on the upper side ofthe journal, and move up and down with it, one such block being placed above each journal.

These blocks are held down upon thel journal by the springs E, in hollow spacings in the housings below the rollers, to which springs they are connected by the cross-bars F Gr, the links H, and the rods I, all arranged and connected, as shown in the drawings.

The rods I have adjusting screw-nuts, K, screwing against the bottoms of recess inthe cam ends of the posts, to produce the necessary tension on the springs.

The brackets L, for the support of the clampingscrews M, are attached to plates N, hinged at O to the side of the frame of the machine, so that, when not in use, the plate will swing down against the said side and be less in the way than it' projecting therefrom, as when required for use.

rIlre plate 'N is supported in the projecting position -for clamping to the side P of the tub, by the spring brackets Q, attached to the side of the machine above the joint O, where the plates N are hinged.

Alroblique plate, S, is placed under the rollers to shed the water back into the tub.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to securehy Letters Patent- 1. The combination with the sliding roller C, of the I 

